Antwerp favourites for feisty fight facing Cercle Brugge

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

3rd position in the Pro League table for Antwerp so far this season, a fine performance. The match-going fans pray for more fun as 10th-placed Cercle Brugge visit Bosuilstadion.

Insights:
  • Antwerp have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

For Cercle Brugge most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

This promises to be an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Antwerp form and stats

Antwerp have played 16 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Antwerp after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Antwerp are confident in defense, having played 211 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Antwerp in their previous game, a fixture away at OH Leuven (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The goalie Butez was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.13 out of ten. Butez topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Antwerp had a home game versus Zulte-Waregem which ended with a victory 1-0.

A decent goal production from Antwerp in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 16 league matches. More than 55 percent of these goals (16 in total) came after at least 60 minutes had been played. On the other hand, Antwerp have conceded 18 goals.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Cercle Brugge's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Gent that finished 2-2. The attacker Somers got a match rating of 8.6 in that game. Somers scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Sporting Charleroi's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cercle when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing zero and winning one game.

The travelling fans enjoy Cercle Brugge's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 16 league matches away. Cercle Brugge struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These sides encountered each other earlier on this season: Cercle Brugge - Antwerp 0-1. Previous ten meetings between these participants: Antwerp won eight, Cercle Brugge were winners in one and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpM. Frey
M. Frey
22 goals
Cercle BruggeR. Matondo
R. Matondo
9 goals
Cercle BruggeD. Hotič
D. Hotič
7 goals

Antwerp missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Antwerp Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
19 9 2 Won W 1 6 12
5 3 2 Drew D 2 4 8
9 4 1 Lost L 2 6 13
54 29 10 Scored S 8 25 48
37 18 6 Conceded C 8 25 45
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 88%
52% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 52%
21% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 27%
18% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 12%
58% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 69% 61%
36% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 24%
6% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 15%
 
5.3 5.9 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.4 5.1
6.2 5.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 5.2 4.5
2.2 1.8 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.8 2.4
6 4 1 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
12.5 14.1 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.5 13.9
4.5 4.9 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 5 5
36% 37% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 31% 29%
 
13.7 11.4 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 10.7 10.4
5.3 4.3 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.1 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Antwerp have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Pro League
  • Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 23 5 5 73 27 16 9 3 4 27 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 46 74
2 Club Brugge 33 20 9 4 70 37 16 9 6 1 34 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 33 69
3 Antwerp 33 19 5 9 54 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 62
4 Anderlecht 33 17 10 6 69 34 17 10 5 2 41 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 35 61
5 Gent 33 17 8 8 51 30 16 10 3 3 32 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 21 59
6 Mechelen 33 15 7 11 57 59 17 10 4 3 36 24 16 5 3 8 21 35 -2 52
7 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 9 10 52 46 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 6 51
8 Genk 33 14 6 13 64 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 17 48
9 Sint-Truiden 33 14 6 13 39 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 -1 48
10 Cercle Brugge 33 12 8 13 48 45 17 6 4 7 23 20 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 44
11 OH Leuven 33 10 11 12 47 53 17 7 4 6 25 25 16 3 7 6 22 28 -6 41
12 Kortrijk 33 9 10 14 41 45 16 5 4 7 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 24 -4 37
13 Standard Liège 33 9 9 15 32 48 17 3 5 9 15 26 16 6 4 6 17 22 -16 36
14 KV Oostende 33 9 7 17 32 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 34
15 AS Eupen 33 8 8 17 37 59 16 4 4 8 18 27 17 4 4 9 19 32 -22 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 8 8 17 42 66 17 5 4 8 23 32 16 3 4 9 19 34 -24 32
17 RFC Seraing 33 8 4 21 30 66 16 5 3 8 16 28 17 3 1 13 14 38 -36 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 33 4 4 25 33 71 17 4 1 12 16 33 16 0 3 13 17 38 -38 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 23 5 5 73 27 16 9 3 4 27 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 46 74
2 Club Brugge 33 20 9 4 70 37 16 9 6 1 34 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 33 69
3 Antwerp 33 19 5 9 54 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 62
4 Anderlecht 33 17 10 6 69 34 17 10 5 2 41 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 35 61
5 Gent 33 17 8 8 51 30 16 10 3 3 32 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 21 59
6 Mechelen 33 15 7 11 57 59 17 10 4 3 36 24 16 5 3 8 21 35 -2 52
7 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 9 10 52 46 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 6 51
8 Genk 33 14 6 13 64 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 17 48
9 Sint-Truiden 33 14 6 13 39 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 -1 48
10 Cercle Brugge 33 12 8 13 48 45 17 6 4 7 23 20 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 44
11 OH Leuven 33 10 11 12 47 53 17 7 4 6 25 25 16 3 7 6 22 28 -6 41
12 Kortrijk 33 9 10 14 41 45 16 5 4 7 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 24 -4 37
13 Standard Liège 33 9 9 15 32 48 17 3 5 9 15 26 16 6 4 6 17 22 -16 36
14 KV Oostende 33 9 7 17 32 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 34
15 AS Eupen 33 8 8 17 37 59 16 4 4 8 18 27 17 4 4 9 19 32 -22 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 8 8 17 42 66 17 5 4 8 23 32 16 3 4 9 19 34 -24 32
17 RFC Seraing 33 8 4 21 30 66 16 5 3 8 16 28 17 3 1 13 14 38 -36 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 33 4 4 25 33 71 17 4 1 12 16 33 16 0 3 13 17 38 -38 16

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